4 min
Series B falls apart (David Rabie, Tovala)
Tovala founder David Rabie recounts the moment his Series B fell apart, what it felt like, how the company survived, and how they eventually got funded anyway.
Failed raiseClosing the roundSeries B+
Growth-stage rounds are priced on numbers, not narrative alone. Videos here cover Series B and beyond: efficiency metrics, scaling stories, and dealing with growth investors.
4 min
21 min
Fireside Chat with CEO and Founder of Front, Mathilde Collin
Front CEO Mathilde Collin discusses her famously fast Series A and B processes, including the transparent metrics emails she sent investors and how she created competitive dynamics.
Investor meetingsMomentum and signalingSeries A
25 min
Rafal Modrzewski: Co-founder and CEO @ICEYE, Fundraising and Use-Cases for Deeptech | Slush 2024
ICEYE co-founder Rafal Modrzewski on raising for a satellite company in Europe: convincing investors to fund hardware with long timelines, and how each round's story evolved.
Fundraising strategyDiligenceSeed
1h 28m
Inside Sequoia's Investment Committee | How the SpaceX & Citadel Deals Went Down | Julien Bek
Sequoia's Julien Bek takes 20VC inside the firm's investment committee: how the SpaceX and Citadel deals actually went down, how memos are argued, and what kills deals at partnership.
DiligencePartner meetingSeries B+
56 min
Mark Goldberg: Why Politics is Rife & Decision-Making is Broken in Large VCs | E1219
Chemistry's Mark Goldberg (ex-Index) on why decision-making is broken inside large VC firms: politics, consensus damage, and what that means for founders pitching them.
Partner meetingFundraising psychologySeries A
8 min
Benchmark's Bill Gurley on VC Landscape and Uber
Benchmark's Bill Gurley with Bloomberg on the VC landscape, staying private too long, and lessons from Uber's capital raising for founders and boards.
Valuation and dilutionMomentum and signalingSeries B+
1 min
Reid Hoffman (Greylock Partners) on Fundraising Goals & Building Fundamental Partnerships
Reid Hoffman on setting fundraising goals and choosing investors as fundamental partners rather than money sources.
Fundraising strategyTarget listSeries A
24 min
You Can’t Fire a VC From Your Board: Here’s Why | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics
TWiST legal-basics episode on board seats: why you effectively can't fire a VC from your board, and the cautionary situations that produces.
Term sheetsNegotiationSeries A
5 Metrics that Matter When Raising Your SaaS Series A and Series B with Christoph Janz of Point 9
Point Nine's Christoph Janz presents the five metrics that matter when raising a SaaS Series A and B, with the benchmark ranges his fund actually uses.
Raise readinessDiligenceSeries A
24 min
SaaStr CRO Confidential: How to Raise in Late 2022 with Jason Lemkin and Sam Blond of Founders Fund
Jason Lemkin and Founders Fund's Sam Blond on raising in the late-2022 downturn: what changed in diligence, pricing, and which companies could still raise.
Fundraising strategyMomentum and signalingSeries A
23 min
The Risky Business of Raising a Series B Round
SaaStr session on the risky business of Series B: why it's the hardest round, what growth-stage investors diligence, and the trap of a too-high Series A price.
Raise readinessDiligenceSeries B+
30 min
Raising a Series A vs. Early Stage Rounds - How to Build Your Later Stage Investor Network
TechCrunch session on building a later-stage investor network before you need it: mapping funds, nurturing relationships between rounds, and sequencing outreach.
Target listInvestor researchSeries A
24 min
How To Raise Above $10M in Europe
Slush session on raising rounds above $10M in Europe: which funds can lead, transatlantic dynamics, and how European growth rounds differ from US ones.
Fundraising strategyTarget listSeries A
18 min
Managing the investor/founder relationship
Web Summit session on managing the investor-founder relationship after the round: boards, conflict, and keeping investors useful.
Investor updatesFundraising psychologySeries A
21 min
Hyper growth: Fundraising
Web Summit hyper-growth panel on fundraising at scale: raising ahead of need, mega-round dynamics, and the costs of blitzscaling capital.
Fundraising strategyMomentum and signalingSeries B+